| Abstract: |
Since its introduction into clinical practice in the 1990s, thermal ablation has become an important tool in the treatment of patients with tumors of solid organs and soft tissue. In well-selected cases, ablation can provide long-term survival on par with resection; furthermore, the addition of intraoperative ablation has increased the number of patients amenable to curative resection. There are several different modalities commercially available, and in order to choose the optimal tool for a given situation, the user should have an understanding of both the mechanisms of action and limitations of each device. This chapter presents an overview of the different modalities followed by a discussion of their clinical applications in the liver, focusing on hepatocellular carcinoma and metastases from colon and breast cancer. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. All rights reserved. |
